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Tarzan of the apes
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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296 editions published between 1912 and 2011 in 27 languages and held by 3,546 libraries worldwide An English boy raised by a community of apes in the jungles of Africa encounters other human beings for the first time.
A princess of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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144 editions published between 1917 and 2011 in 14 languages and held by 2,130 libraries worldwide John Carter, a Confederate American Civil War veteran, goes prospecting in Arizona and, when set upon by Indians, is mysteriously transported to Mars, called "Barsoom" by its inhabitants.
The return of Tarzan
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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174 editions published between 1913 and 2011 in 23 languages and held by 1,922 libraries worldwide After a brief and harrowing experience among men, Tarzan returns to the jungle, where he becomes involved in a search for Opar, the city of gold.
The land that time forgot
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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75 editions published between 1918 and 2011 in 7 languages and held by 1,786 libraries worldwide The lost island of Caspak holds many strange monsters.
At the earth's core
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80 editions published between 1914 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 1,653 libraries worldwide David Innes and Abner Perry break through the earth's crust and discover "a fantastic, timeless world of eternal daylight, prehistoric beasts, and primeval peoples--Pellucidar."--Cover.
The beasts of Tarzan
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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130 editions published between 1914 and 2011 in 17 languages and held by 1,577 libraries worldwide After Tarzan's son is kidnapped, Tarzan and Jane are lured into a dangerous trap that separates them. In their desperate search for each other and for their son, they are drawn deep into the dangerous African jungle, where the evil schemes of Tarzan's enemies Rokoff and Paulvitch threaten them at every step. The ape-man must draw on all of his animal strength and all of his human intelligence - as well as the help of the beasts of the jungle - to try to reunite his family in safety. - Back cover.
The gods of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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93 editions published between 1912 and 2011 in 9 languages and held by 1,532 libraries worldwide Carter returns to Barsoom after a ten-year separation from his wife Dejah Thoris, his unborn child, and the Red Martian people of the nation of Helium, whom he has adopted as his own. Unfortunately, Carter materializes in the one place on Barsoom from which nobody is allowed to depart: the Valley Dor, which is the Barsoomian afterlife.
Thuvia, maid of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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67 editions published between 1916 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 1,517 libraries worldwide Carthoris, son of John Carter and Dejah Thoris, is in love with Thuvia, Princess of Ptarth. But Thuvia is promised to Kulan Tith, Jeddak of Kaol. On Barsoom nothing can break an engagement between a man and woman except death.
Tarzan and the jewels of Opar
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103 editions published between 1916 and 2010 in 14 languages and held by 1,500 libraries worldwide La, the beautiful priestess of Opar, uses her seductive charms to enslave Tarzan while plotting to put the hero to the sword.
The warlord of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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93 editions published between 1913 and 2011 in 10 languages and held by 1,469 libraries worldwide John Carter discovers that a First Born knows the secret of the Temple of the Sun and he and the Holy Hekkador Matai Shang want to rescue the Holy Thern's daughter, who is imprisoned with Dejah Thoris and another Barsoomian princess, Thuvia of Ptarth. Carter follows them in the hope to liberate his beloved wife.
The son of Tarzan
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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133 editions published between 1915 and 2010 in 21 languages and held by 1,454 libraries worldwide Paulvitch still lived and sought vengeance against, Tarzan. As part of his plot, he lured Tarzan's young son away from London. But the boy escaped, with the aid of the great Ape Akut. They fled....
Tarzan the untamed
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77 editions published between 1919 and 2010 in 11 languages and held by 1,444 libraries worldwide With the speed of the great apes, Tarzan rushed through the jungle toward his home and family. But he was already too late. The marauders had been there before him. His farm was in shambles and no.
Jungle tales of Tarzan
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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87 editions published between 1916 and 2011 in 13 languages and held by 1,408 libraries worldwide In this collection of 12 short stories, Burroughs returns to Tarzan's early years providing new depth and detail to the Lord of the Jungle, during his time among the great apes. Having learned to read from his father's books, Tarzan seeks to apply his knowledge to the world around him and to learn more about life, death, dreams, God, love, and friendship. Tarzan challenges his best friend Taug, in a fight to the death, but then risks his life to save him; he has nightmares after eating rancid elephant meat only to awake and be faced with a live, man-eating gorilla; twice he sports a lion's skin to play a practical joke, but he doesn't always have the last laugh!
Tarzan the terrible
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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67 editions published between 1919 and 2010 in 13 languages and held by 1,343 libraries worldwide The diary of a dead German officer sets Tarzan once more on the trail of his wife, help captive in the depts of the jungle.
The chessmen of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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69 editions published between 1922 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 1,223 libraries worldwide Tara, daughter of John Carter and Dejah Thoris, meets Prince Gahan of Gathol, and is initially unimpressed, viewing him as something of a popinjay. When she is captured by the Kaldanes, Gahan sets out to find her.
Pellucidar
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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47 editions published between 1915 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 1,107 libraries worldwide In this sequel to At the Earth's Core, David Innes vows revenge and returns to the Inner World of Pellucidar to rescue the beautiful Dian, who had been torn from his arms by trickery. However, his return trip places him far from the land of his beloved and he is forced to undertake a desperate journey thousands of miles across the fierce inner earth to reach her.
The eternal savage
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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27 editions published between 1914 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 1,031 libraries worldwide Requires special playback equipment.
The monster men
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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28 editions published between 1913 and 2007 in English and Japanese and held by 1,028 libraries worldwide Number Thirteen, the latest of Professor Maxon's attempts to create human life in the laboratory, becomes the nemesis of the island's head hunters.
Out of time's abyss
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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29 editions published between 1918 and 2011 in English and Japanese and held by 958 libraries worldwide On Caprona, all of the world's past still lived. Here were dinosaurs and flying reptiles, the most primitive of cavemen, and the last of the Bronze Age barbarians. But there was one more secret that the claws and spears guarded most of all.
The mucker
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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31 editions published between 1921 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 922 libraries worldwide more
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Bean, Norman 1875-1950
Bėrrouz, Ėdgar Raĭs, 1875-1950
Berrouz, Edhar, 1875-1950
Burroughs, E. R.
Burroughs, Edgar R. 1875-1950
Rice Burroughs, Edgar, 1875-1950
ביראוס, אדגר רייס, 1875-1950
バローズ, E. R., 1875-1950 バローズ, E.R勃罗士 רייס בורוז, אדגר ביראוס, אדגר רייס Languages
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